Electric utilities must harden neighborhood substations to withstand the actions of vandals, terrorists, disgruntled employees, and other threat actors. Although it’s been twelve years since ...

A report released by the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that climate change is misrepresented by decades of climate scientists feeding the public an exaggerated n narrative. (Image credit: CQ ...

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Microreactors are moving from concept to test phase. Could they be the first new US commercial reactor design since the Cold War? (WaPo) The tech: Truck-sized units from firms like Radiant, ...

In case you missed it, I recently joined Energy Central's podcast, Power Perspectives , to talk all about why traditional geospatial platforms are falling short in the DER era, what it means to truly ...

Massive hydro facility in China breaks ground! Earlier today, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, announced that construction on the massive Yarlung Tsangpo River hydro-power project has begun. When complete, ...

Currently, the price of gas is influenced by various factors determining its market dynamic. These factors include the midsummer changing weather conditions across the U.S. and Europe, with certain ...

Nearly 300 state bills aimed at modernizing the grid were introduced in Q2, with energy storage deployment leading the charge, per NCCETC’s latest “50 States of Grid Modernization” report. (PV ...

A shift is underway. Corporate offtakers are stepping in early and reshaping fusion’s path to commercialization. 🔋 The driver? Skyrocketing power demand from AI data centers. They need carbon-free, ...

This article evaluates whether utility-scale solar photovoltaic systems combined with battery energy storage can economically and operationally compete with natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants as ...

At least $22B in US clean energy projects have already been canceled or scaled back this year, with $6.7B in investments disappearing last month alone. (E&E News) Large-scale solar and storage ...

PG&E—California’s largest utility—is finalizing an offtake agreement for 1.8GWh of battery storage capacity with Aypa Power. It’s one of the largest contracts of its kind in the US, designed to help ...